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Aliona Hlivco is Managing Director at The Henry Jackson Society and Advisory Council Member at Coalition for Global Prosperity. Aliona a Former Ukrainian MP. Regular contributor to The Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, as well as Monocle24, CapX and is a TEDx Speaker. She is also a Guest Lecturer and Senior Consultant at Atticus Partners. ---------- LINKS https://twitter.com/aliona_hlivco https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliona-hlivco/ https://twitter.com/HJS_Org https://henryjacksonsociety.org/staff/aliona-hlivko/ ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------

GUEST: Operator Starsky - Ukrainian National Guardian and blogger ----- Today I’m speaking with Operator Starsky, a Ukrainian National Guardian, blogger, and inspiration for everyone who is following the war, and supporting a Ukrainian victory. He has created one of the most popular and original YouTube channels dedicated to the international community. I’m not sure you need an introduction – I’m sure most people watching this channel will have seen your videos! ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/@StarskyUA https://twitter.com/StarskyUA ---------- WATCH NEXT: Orest Zub https://youtu.be/A7MrcwdDvPQ Aliona Hlivco https://youtu.be/yGLUBCfTkD8 Olga Tokariuk https://youtu.be/D5onDse6WJs Anna Danylchuk https://youtu.be/5AenntkSxIs Roman Sheremeta https://youtu.be/olrTPku8EMM ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

0900, Thursday, July 25, 2019: President Trump called Ukraine's President Zelensky, supposedly to congratulate him on his recent victory. In the months that followed, the American public would only learn what happened on that call because Alexander Vindman felt duty-bound to report it up the chain of command: that the President of the United States had extorted a foreign ally to damage a political challenger at home. Vindman's actions and subsequent testimony before congress would lead to Trump's impeachment and affirm Vindman's belief that he had done the right thing in the face of intense pressure to stay silent. But it would come at an enormous cost, straining relationships with colleagues, superiors, and even his own father, and eventually end his decorated career in the US Army, by a Trump administration intent on retribution. ---------- SPEAKER: Alexander Vindman is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House’s National Security Council. Previously, he served as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. While on the Joint Staff, he co-authored the National Military Strategy Russia Annex and was the principal author for the Global Campaign for Russia. Alexander is a Doctor of International Affairs, Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and author of the bestselling memoir Here, Right Matters. ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/AVindman https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-vindman-11340280/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vindman ---------- BOOKS: Here, Right Matters: An American Story Hardcover (2021) https://alexandervindmanbook.com/ https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/alexander-vindman-20213242836650 ----------

Edition No20 | 16-10-2023 Day 600 of Putin's War in Ukraine has brought a flood of news, from delivery and deployment of ATACMS, to Ukraine's successes in the Black Sea, and Russia's floundering offensive in Avdiivka, using the same wasteful tactics that have failed time and again since the war began. ~~~~~ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ~~~~~ RUSSIAN RECRUITMENT ADS: https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1703762022582612247 https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1605314907418886145 ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: Kyiv Independent https://kyivindependent.com/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-uses-atacms-in-strikes-against-russia-first-time-missiles-used-in-battle/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-intelligence-says-russia-gives-hamas-weapons-captured-in-ukraine/ https://kyivindependent.com/reintegration-ministry-over-67-000-people-evacuated-from-liberated-kherson-kharkiv-oblasts/ https://kyivindependent.com/lithuania-repairing-leopard-tanks-damaged-in-ukraine/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-oct-16/ https://kyivindependent.com/parliament-approves-measure-strengthening-financial-monitoring-of-politicians/ https://kyivindependent.com/proving-our-worth-ukraines-female-soldiers-and-their-fight-for-equality/ https://kyivindependent.com/exit-poll-polands-ruling-party-wins-parliamentary-elections-but-loses-majority-to-liberal-opposition/ ~~~~~ The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/16/putin-speaks-to-netanyahu-over-conflict-with-hamas-kremlin-a82783 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/17/russia-says-no-proof-north-korea-sending-weapons-a82790 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/17/half-of-russian-soldiers-wounded-in-ukraine-require-amputation-official-a82798 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/17/ignoring-russian-colonialism-has-deadly-consequences-a82795 ~~~~~ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/15/russia-avdiivka-offensive-failing-top-ukrainian-officer-donetsk ~~~~~ Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/sea-baby-ukraine-experimental-sea-drone-russia-black-sea-fleet-2023-10?r=US&IR=T ~~~~~ Russian Media Monitor https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews ~~~~~

Ukraine really matters - why Ukraine must achieve complete victory in order to get justice for crimes committed against it by Russia Georgijs Ivanovs started the Ukraine Matters channel in 2007, and it has garners 11.5 m views. He started the channel to explain the situation surrounding the war in Ukraine in simple terms. Like myself, he is not Ukrainian, nor is he a military expert. But he has been to Ukraine many times and seen it almost fully (except for Odesa region). He has a lot of good friends in Ukraine, and in fact his wife is Ukrainian, and so feels extremely connected to the invasion that scaled up in February 2022. https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineMatters

Andrey Buzarov is a political advisor and expert on international relations. He has a PhD in Social philosophy and philosophy of history as well as a Master's degree in Ukrainian Foreign Policy. He is a researcher at the Department of Public Administration and Political Sciences at Klaipeda University (Lithuania). Andrey Buzarov has worked on various political projects and collaborates with individual public figures, as well as writing analytical articles, speeches, interviews, arranging contacts with the media, as well as contacts with international organizations. ---------

Historically, U.S. firms dominated the private security company market, in places like Afghanistan and Somalia. But in recent years they have been emerging in other countries. Warlords and militias have restyled themselves as private security companies, and in Russia we have seen the incredible consequences of PMC Wagner rising as a force to challenge the reputation of the regular military. Wagner is also active in Africa, building a private military empire and extracting resources to fuel Russia’s global power ambitions. The proliferation of private military forces is having a profound effect on international relations, meaning the twenty-first century may have more in common with the twelfth century than the twentieth. This poses significant risks to democracies across Africa. ---------- SPEAKER: Beverly Ochieng is an experienced journalist and commentator on socio-political, economic and security developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. She analyses political developments in the region, as well as security developments in West Africa and the Sahel. Beverly is a Senior Digital Journalist and Africa Specialist at BBC Monitoring. ----------- LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-ochieng-267469143/ https://twitter.com/BeverlyOchieng

Ukraine is Fighting for Universal Values, like the Rule of Law, committment to truth as a concept, and democracy; not only its survival, freedom and independence. ---------- SPEAKER: Nicolas Tenzer is a French civil servant, academic, writer, and editor. Tenzer is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (1980–1982), Sciences Po (1980–1982) and the École nationale d'administration (1984–1986). He has taught political philosophy at Sciences Po (1986–2004) and since 2014 he teaches Science of Government. As a civil servant, Tenzer is the former head of the Commissariat général du Plan (1994–2002), a former member of the staff of France's minister of Economy and Finance (1987–1988). He is currently the editor of the journal Le Banquet and is the founding president of the Centre d’étude et de réflexion pour l’action politique (CERAP), a position he has held since 1986. He was a director of the Aspen Institute from 2010 to 2015 and has acted as its treasurer and president. Nicolas Tenzer is a member of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. LINKS: https://tenzerstrategics.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/NTenzer https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-tenzer-07390617/ ----------

Edition No19 | 10-10-2023 How degrading the rule of law around the world, and weakening the Western 'rules-based order' benefits Russia's business model. ~~~~~ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ~~~~~ RUSSIAN RECRUITMENT ADS: https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1703762022582612247 https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1605314907418886145 ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/06/russia-doesnt-care-about-the-fight-fgainst-fascism-a82684 ~~~~~ Kyiv Independent https://kyivindependent.com/ https://kyivindependent.com/venice-commission-criticizes-draft-law-that-bans-members-of-pro-russian-parties-from-future-elections/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russia-kills-51-people-in-single-deadliest-attack-against-civilians-this-year/ https://kyivindependent.com/russias-landmines-are-highly-advanced-and-increasingly-difficult-to-clear/ https://kyivindependent.com/kuleba-if-ukraine-loses-war-it-will-be-end-of-europe/ https://kyivindependent.com/duda-hamas-attack-diverts-worlds-attention-from-ukraine/ ~~~~~ Russian Media Monitor https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews ~~~~~ USEFUL LINKS: Vatnik Soup https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/ Real World News https://kyivindependent.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/ https://english.nv.ua/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ https://meduza.io/en https://meduza.io/ https://novayagazeta.eu/ https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia... Analysis https://www.ft.com/russia https://www.economist.com/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ https://cepa.org/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/ https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s... YouTube Channels / @timesradio1 / @khodorkovskyru / @popularpolitics / @macknack / @plushev / @tvrain / @fake_news / @feyginlive ~~~~~

Tetyana Filevska, an art manager and researcher specializing in 20th-century Ukrainian art, passionately discusses the cultural struggle between Ukraine and Russia. She uncovers how Russia's manipulation of modernist artists aimed to control historical narratives. Tetyana highlights the importance of reclaiming identities of artists like Kazimir Malevich, emphasizing the need for cultural diplomacy in these tumultuous times. The conversation touches on art's role amidst conflict and how creativity can resist oppression, revealing the deep connections between art, identity, and politics.